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The Steel Claw is a 1961 wartime drama set in the Philippines during World War II. It is an action-adventure film about a handicapped former Marine on a mission to rescue an officer in the early days of the Japanese invasion. The Steel Claw was directed and co-scripted by its star, George Montgomery.[1]

It has no relation to the comic book series Steel Claw.

Plot[]

Capt. John Larsen, a Marine, stationed in the Philippines, loses a hand in an accident and is discharged from the Corps. An American general is held captive by Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines and Larsen is later re-enlisted to rescue him. He fastens a steel prosthetic hook, the "steel claw" of the title, and embarks on the mission to rescue the general which leads him and his team, (his pal Santana and a band of guerillas), deep into the Philippines where love and death await them.

Cast[]

  • George Montgomery as Capt. John Larsen
  • Charito Luna as Lolita
  • Mario Barri as Santana
  • Paul Sorensen as Gen. Frank Powers
  • Amelia De La Rama as Christina
  • Carmen Austin as Rosa
  • Ben Perez as Dolph Rodriguez
  • Ferde Grofe Jr. as the Commander (credited as John MacGloan)

References[]

  1. "The Steel Claw". afi.com.


External links[]

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